Reinforcing wire back for brake-shoes.



W. G. GRANT. REINPORGING WIRE 1310 FORBRAKESHOES. APPLICATION IILBD AUG. 28, 1911.

1,033,242. Patented Jul -23, 1912.

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mom/Er llNlllElE STAllTlltl 'WILLIAM G. GRANT, OF 'MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, ASlGNOR TO EDWARD H. FALLOWS, OF

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REINFORCING "VVIELE BACK FOR BRAKE-SHOES.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patel-tree July 23, 1912.

Application filed August 28, 1911. Elerial No. 648,388.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, lV'lLnran Gr. GRANT, a citizenv ofthe United States, and a resident of ll-laywood, in the county of Cook and" 'State of Illinois, have made and invented certain new and useful vlinprov'einents in Reinforcing Wire Backs for Brake-Shoes,

. same and hold the parts thereof together should the shoe become cracked or broken 1n use, and-unt1l it is entirely worn out; Strengthen ng or reinforclng backs of the type to which my invention relates are c01n inonly formed from a piece of iron or steel rod or wire so bent' and'arranged as to extend ot er and strengthen the entire back of the shoe, and alsoben tto provide a lug whereby to secure the shoe to a brake head.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction'ot' back of they type above referred to, and to provide a reinforcing.

back which maybe readily" and easily manu- .factured from a single piece ofwire, by slinple bending operations.

lVith' theabove and other objects in View,

the inventionconsists in'the improved reinforcing back for brake shoes illustrated in the accompanying drawing, described in the following specification, and particularly cla'ii'ned in *the clauses of the concluding "claim, and'in such variations and inodifica tions thereof as will be obvious tothose skilled in the art to which my invention relates. v

In the drawings accompanying. and forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a yiew showing one form of my device in perspective; F is a similar View showing another form of mydevice; Fig. 3 is a' view showing-a third term of invention in side elevation; Fig. 4 is a View showing the same in plan; Fig. is a yiew showing the torin of my invention illustrated in Fig. lenibedded in the back of a brake shoe; Fig. (list a View showing a section upon a longitudinalplane indicated by the line 6G, Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a View showing the form ofn'iy in 'vention illustrated in Fig. 3 enibedded in also 'be bent down the back of a brake'shoe, and Fig. 8 is a .view showing a section upon a transverse plane indicated by the line 88, Fig. T1

In the drawings I have illustrated a strengthening or reinforcing back for brake shoes foamed from a single rod orpiece of wire in accordance. with; my invention, the

same being bent to provide a centrally 10- cated, upwardly projecting,' lug 8 whereby the shoe may be secured to 21 brakehead.

which lug as will 'bekunderstood, is formed in the middle portion of the rod or wire,

The ends of the wire beyond the lug are bent the loops asshown at 1.0, in'Fig. 1,'in which case the ends of the loops extend farther" into-the body portion of the shoe, and are more firmly anchored therein, as shown in Fig. 6, than is the case when this feature omitted; and, while such is shown in Fig. 1

only, it will be understood that the ends, of

the lhops illi-i'strated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 may ard in "the salne manner.

My improved back isbest made by first forming a central loop 'in the wire from. which the back is formed, and afterward bending the ends of the wire to 'form the end loops The central loop is, either be-. fore or after the. end loops are'forincd. bent to pro 'ide the upwardly projecting lug 8', resulting ina lug having double wires.

After the end locpsD-l) have been formed and the central loop bent to forni the log 8, the free end. 11. of the lug lies, preferably, between the extremities of the wires of the end loops, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. the end of the lug 8 preferably extendingbclow the extremities of the wires of the end loops, 'as shown in Fig.- 8, so as to become more firmly anchored in the bod of the shoe as will be understood from Figs. T and 8. The improved back after being formed as ('lcscribed,

then placed within the mold in which the shoeis to be cast, and. the n lolteui'netal poured around the same, the back becoming 

